There wasn’t a missile. Everyone on that ship would have know the instant one fired. They are actually quite an event.
And the ship would have tracked the missile and known immediately. They would have been the heroes of the day. But again, they all stay silent. But we all know sailors never talk. That’s why there aren’t words like scuttlebutt, or sea-stories.
But just for fun, flesh it out for me. What specific US Navy ship or ships do you say were either the missile firers or the ones who tracked it and covered it up? I’d like names.
So would I. But see, the difference between us is that you threw out 150 names of eye witnesses who saw a light rise from the ocean. Instead, you replaced it with the light of the burning 747 starting from 13,000 feet and going higher. So since my logic doesn't ignore a 13,000 foot rise of a light, and yours does, there's nothing I can say that will satisfy your fantasy.